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Abia: Criminals involved in sacking the court and free sanitation were not sacked—ASEPA Deputy GM

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Officials from the Abia State Environmental Protection Agency (ASEPA) did not remove any mobile courts from Umuahia, according to Catechist Ambrose Jonah, the Deputy General Manager responsible for the zone. In response to Saturday’s reported desecration of a government mobile court in Umuahia, he made the following statement. After overseeing May’s environmental cleanup exercise in … Read more

Otti demands that cops investigating the death of an indigenous Abia person be apprehended

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Following last week’s tragic shooting death of Emmanuel Okocha, a native of Amanta and a resident of Abia State, Governor Alex Otti of Abia State has sent his condolences. He ordered Kene Onwuemelie, the commissioner of police in Abia state, to conduct a thorough investigation into the event and punish those responsible to the fullest … Read more

Verification: NLC informs Abia government that workers are suffering

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The Abia State Government’s slowness in conducting the workers’ verification exercise has angered the Nigerian Labour Congress, or NLC. After its State Executive Council meeting on Thursday, the Abia NLC’s Chairman Nweke Paschal and Secretary Emma Alozie issued a press release outlining the union’s position. The NLC criticized the manner in which civil personnel were … Read more

Former governors treated us unfairly – Abia community

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The residents of Umuokomiri Obehie village in Ukwa West LGA of Abia State have thanked Governor Alex Otti’s government for building a road in the neighborhood. Speaking through Chimeko Ezekiel and Ben Nwokagbara, they said that the completion of the road project, which had been left unfinished by the State’s previous administrations, would spare them … Read more

The NUJ wants a halt to security agents’ mistreatment of Abia citizens

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The Abia State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, has urged the State government to keep an eye on the actions of security services in the 17 local government areas of the State in order to reduce resident molestation, harassment, intimidation, and extortion. This council also recommended the management of the State’s security … Read more

Put a check on leaders, the Abia government advises religious authorities

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The governor of Abia State has tasked the state’s religious leaders with holding society’s leaders accountable in order to promote effective governance. In Umuahia, during the formal handover of the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, Abia State Chapter from the departing executive led by Apostle Emmanuel Agomuo to the new executive led by Rev. Ojo … Read more

high attendance as officials oversee the monthly sanitation practice in Abia

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A large number of people participated in the Abia State’s monthly environmental clean-up program in July, mostly those from Umuahia and the surrounding areas. Contrary to previous results, most parking lots, stores, and markets in Umuahia, the state capital, as well as homes, were cleaned by their residents, while the Abia State government provided vehicles … Read more

Ohanaeze urges restraint as controversy surrounds the Abia judicial probe panel

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Mazi Okechukwu Isiguzoro, the secretary general of Ohanaeze Ndigbo worldwide, made a plea for peace on Thursday in regards to the recent inauguration of a judicial investigation panel by Governor Alex Otti in Abia State. According to 460play, Otti established a five-member judicial panel of inquiry in June with the goal of recovering properties and … Read more

Why I established a commission to reclaim stolen government property in Abia – Alex Otti

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In order to retrieve allegedly stolen government property from individuals who worked in the previous administration, Abia State Governor Alex Otti established a judicial panel of investigation. Otti provided justifications for his decision. Otti recently established a body with the responsibility of reclaiming the property in the state. The State High Court in Umuahia’s Justice … Read more